The Orionid meteor shower last night was predicted to yield 20 or more meteors per hour. That was probably right – I must have seen about that many from the not-so-dark shore of the Boulder reservoir – but they were … Continue reading
Cunningham Cabin, Grand Teton National Park The Cunningham Cabin north of Jackson, dating (originally) from 1885. It’s easy to imagine what a remote location this must have been back then! According to Wikipedia “the cabin was the scene of a … Continue reading
Total lunar eclipses aren’t nearly as rare as total Solar eclipses (the Earth is a lot larger than the Moon, and casts a much bigger shadow), but they still don’t come around all that often. After considerable planning – and … Continue reading
A star trail panorama shot at the Scala dei Turchi (literally the “staircase of the Turks”) in southern Sicily this summer. During the day this is an unusual, and unusually popular, white limestone formation, but after sunset it was very … Continue reading
Trail Ridge Road, which reaches more than 12,000 feet en route between the east and west sides of Rocky Mountain National Park, has just opened for the season (it usually opens on Memorial Day). There’s still too much snow high … Continue reading
A few images of Taipei at night… Taipei 101. Taipei is not, for the most part, a city of skyscrapers, and as a result Taipei 101 – the world’s second highest building – looms particularly impressively over the streets from … Continue reading
Back from a week in Japan. More photos to come but as a teaser … Continue reading
Moonrise at Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park Took advantage of co-operative weather this weekend to have a first go at a star trail panorama, at Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I’ve visited this place many times: it’s … Continue reading
Saw in 2014 with a long weekend in Rome. As you may have heard there’s quite a lot to see and do in Rome, so on this, my first visit, I was mostly occupied with the famous historical sites. Well … Continue reading